Roundtable: Libya, RtoP, and Humanitarian Intervention

Introduction [Abstract]
08/12/11
Three central questions lie at the heart of this roundtable. First, what are the implications of Libya for the RtoP doctrine? Second, how should we judge the intervention in Libya morally and politically? Third, what is the likelihood of future action under RtoP?
Author(s):James Pattison

RtoP Alive and Well after Libya [Abstract]
08/12/11
If the Libyan intervention goes well, it will put teeth in the fledgling RtoP doctrine. Yet, if it goes badly, critics will redouble their opposition, and future decisions will be made more difficult. Libya suggests that we can say no more Holocausts, Cambodias, and Rwandas--and occasionally mean it.
Author(s):Thomas G. Weiss